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Brumbies, war and water
19 March 2010
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Credit unions are supposed to take our hard earned money and invest it wisely. So why is an Australian credit union spending thousands of dollars of its members funds to buy water for some struggling lakes in northern Victoria? We find out on this week’s Australian Bite. We also drop in on Shell Shocked- a travelling exhibition that gives a great insight into the lingering impact of World War 1 on on Australian families and communities. And we’ll look at the heated debate over how to control the growing numbers of wild horses, or brumbies, roaming the Alpine regions of New South Wales and Victoria.
When the river runs dry
26 November 2009
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This week on the Australian Bite, what do you do when your river’s about to run dry? We meet two rural Australians who are facing that prospect. With World AIDS Day coming up this Tuesday 1st December, we take a look at how rural health services are coping with the growing number of people with HIV who are living in regional areas. And finally we meet the policeman who decided to spend his long service leave break in a very unusual way – shearing sheep!
Music, drought and horses
12 November 2009
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The Drones by Tony Mott from his book "Every Picture Tells A Story" (see Australian Bite 18 April 09)
A couple of books feature on this week’s Australian Bite. The first is a great new book by music journalist Craig Mathieson called “Playlisted – Everything you need to know about Australian music right now”. The second is more sombre. It’s called “Beyond Reasonable Drought”, and it features a range of photographic works documenting the impact of drought in Australia over the last ten years. Then to finish up we travel to Central Australia, where young indigenous girls are learning valuable lessons at a horse training course.
